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Regulation C

On October 10, 2019, the CFPB issued a final rule that could affect your HMDA reporting for 2020. The first part of the rule extends the 500 threshold for open-end lines of credit until January 1, 2022. This means that institutions that originate fewer than 500 open-end lines of credit in the two preceding calendar years will not be required to report these lines of credit on their 2020 and 2021 LARS.

This final rule also incorporates the partial exemptions that were laid out in EGRRCPA into Regulation C. It also incorporates clarifications that smaller institutions have encountered when collecting their data to comply with the partial exemptions. Such as, whether a partial exemption applies after a merger or acquisition.

The CFPB issued a proposed rule on May 2, 2019 that would change the HMDA reporting requirements and could have a significant impact on smaller financial institutions. The proposed rule would increase the closed-end coverage threshold from 25 to 100 loans originated in the previous two years. Additionally, it proposes to extend the current open-end threshold of 500 lines of credit until January 1, 2022. The proposed rule would also incorporate new interpretations and procedures into Regulation C. If this were to become part of the HMDA regulation, it would not take effect until January 1, 2020.